4 Oct
2012
4 Oct
'12
5:57 a.m.
Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
And the -10s and -20s were the major reason RFCs refer to octets rather than bytes, as they had a rather slippery notion of "byte" (anywhere from 6 to 9 bits, often multiple sizes used *in the same program*).
Not quite correct. Anywhere from 1 to 36 bits, and not spanning a 36-bit word boundary. Essentialy what is now known as a bit field. --Johnny